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“I want to go to New York City,” she said. “I have always wanted to see Central Park, Broadway and stand in the middle of Times Square at night and see the lights. That would be one of the best things in the world to do.”

David Piper also decided to retire from his 27-year career as an electrician.

“I said goodbye on the same day I was leaving,” Piper said to lottery officials. “I was kind of sad, and I hated to leave it.”

David Piper was given the choice of taking the $10 million winnings in 25 annual payments of $400,000 or as a one-time lump-sum payment of $6.8 million. He took the lump sum option, according to Missouri Lottery officials.